Agencies continue to suspend funding, despite multiple court orders blocking the federal freeze. Experts say the Trump administration’s actions set the stage for challenges to Congress’ authority — and the limits of the presidency.

An appeals court judge denied the Trump administration’s request for an administrative stay to block a court order that required federal agencies to lift their spending freezes—the latest blow to the Trump administration amid a slew of legal actions as Democrats and others fight President Donald Trump and cost-cutting czar Elon Musk in court.

This is the first time in President Donald Trump’s second term that a federal judge has accused his administration of defying a court order.

President Donald Trump’s blanket freeze of federal spending hit another stumbling block Tuesday when a federal appeals court refused an emergency bid by his administration to lift the restrictions. The decision,

A federal appeals court refused to halt a judge's order requiring the Trump administration to release billions of dollars in federal grants and loans.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday lost the latest round in a court battle over his administration's bid to freeze federal spending after an appeals court declined to pause a court order requiring the government to continue delivering funds.